Fire-place grate



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A. CHASE.

FIRE PLACE GRATE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ALBERT CHASE, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. XVELLINGTON, OF

LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIRE-PLACE GRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,176, dated October 9, 1883. Application filed February 17, 1983. '(N'o model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT CHASE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have 5 invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fire-Place Grates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in 1 explaining its nature, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fireplace provided with my improvement, Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof. Fig. 3 is also avertical central. section, illustratinga change 1 in the position of the parts hereinafter referred to. Fig. 4 is a detail view, showing the construction of the latch, which is also hereinafter referred to.

The invention is an improvement upon that described in Letters Patent No. 266,933, granted Charles A. Vellington and myself, October 3]., 1882; and it refers especially to the grate, and to an ash-box. having a removable front, which can be utilized as a blower.

In the drawings, A represents the grate. It

is prefer: bl y made in one casting, and has the front crossbars, a, the grate-bars a, and the parallel side plates, a It is pivoted to the side supports or frame, B, of the fireplace, at 0 a, and is so balanced that when filled or partially filled with coal or ashes it will automatically turn upon the pivots and dump. The latch (l, which is secured to the side plate, 0,

of the fire-place or stove-frame, engages with 3 5 the notch or recess 0 in the upper surface of one of the side plates, (1?, of the grate and holds it in a vertical. position. Any form of latch may be used. The onercpresented has a projection or lug, which extends through the 0 slot 0 in the side plate, and is held therein by the cross-pin 0'. Upon the lifting of the latch the upper portion of the grate moves in and the lower portion outwardly, thereby allowing the contents to fall into the ash-box D be? 5 neath. The latch or bolt" during this movement rests upon the top edge of the side plate,

a, and, upon the movement of the grate into its normal position, rides upon the same, drops into the notch or recess, and locks the grate in its vertical position. XVith a grate of this confront plate, 6, which, preferably, is supported or held in place by means of the side latches or projections, c, which shut into recesses. e

in the side plates or walls, 6", of the ash-pit 6o chamber. This construction is very well represented in Figs. 1 and 3. The front is utilized as a blower, when necessary, by hanging the same upon the lugs or hooks 6* upon the frame B, which are of similar size and shape to the notched projections 0 and it, with the sliding plate F, described in said patent, constitute the blower. The removal of the ashpit front of course opens the draft, and its replacement closes it. i

The blower F, it will be noticed, has an outwardly-extending portion, f, which is adapted, when the plate is down, to cover the section over the front portion of the fire between what would otherwise be the lower edge of the 7 5 plate and the upper portion of the grate.

I prefer that the pivots upon which the side plates, a", of the grate are hung be cast therewith; and in this event the side supports, B, are provided with slots 9, (shown in Figs. 2, 8o 3, and 4,) which extend from the front of the plates downwardly, as represented, into which the pivots are slipped in placing the grate in position. These slots are covered by the front section of the frame-workof the stove or fire- 8 5 place, and, if desired to shield or protect the pivot ends, there may be cast or otherwise formed upon the inner surface of each support B, back of the slot, the pocket y, which protects the end of the pivot and the pivot-beau o ing from ashes and soot. v

I am aware of Patents No. 99,384, dated February 1, 1870, granted to V. E. lVlliitehurst, and No. 255,424, dated March 28, 1882, granted J. W. Drake, but I consider that said patents 5 do not embrace the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a fire-place or open-grate stove, the I00 dumping-grate A, consisting of the front gratebars, a, grate-bars a, and parallel side plates,

(1 pivoted to the side supports or frame, B, of the fire-place or stove, so that in dumping the under portion may swing outwardly and the upper portion inwardly, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of a grate having a side plate, afl provided with a notch or recess, 0,

upon its upper edge, with the latch 0, arranged to move vertically in one of the side supports, B, of the fire-place, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a fire-place or open-grate stove, the combination of the side walls or plates of the ash-pit, provided with the recesses c, with the detachable front covering-plate, 0, having the side projections, e, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. In afire-place or open-grate stove, the combination of the side Walls or plates of the ash-pit and grate-sections provided with recesses 6 with the interchangeable front covering-plate, 0, having the projections e, and

adapted to be used either as the front cover of 2 5" the ash-pit chamber or as a cover to the gratefront, and to be supported and held in place by said projections and recesses, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

I 5. The combination, in a fire-place or opengrate stove, of the sliding blower-plate F, the open grate A, and the grate front plate e, adapted to cover the front of the grate and act as a blower in continuation of the sliding blower-plate F, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. The combination, in an open grate or fireplace, of the side supports or frame, B, having slots extending upwardly and outwardly therein, ,with the grate A, having pivots cast therewith or secured thereto, which enter said slots 9, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

I ALBERT CHASE. 

